How to count total number of trainable parameters in a tensorflow model ?

    To count total number of trainable parameters in a tensorflow use tf.trainable_variables().

total_parameters = 0
for variable in tf.trainable_variables():
    # shape is an array of tf.Dimension
    shape = variable.get_shape()
    print(shape)
    print(len(shape))
    variable_parameters = 1
    for dim in shape:
        print(dim)
        variable_parameters *= dim.value
    print(variable_parameters)
    total_parameters += variable_parameters
print(total_parameters)

Here is an solution using numpy :

np.sum([np.prod(v.get_shape().as_list()) for v in tf.trainable_variables()])

Let’s try this code:

def count_number_trainable_params():
    '''
    Counts the number of trainable variables.
    '''
    tot_nb_params = 0
    for trainable_variable in tf.trainable_variables():
        shape = trainable_variable.get_shape() # e.g [D,F] or [W,H,C]
        current_nb_params = get_nb_params_shape(shape)
        tot_nb_params = tot_nb_params + current_nb_params
    return tot_nb_params
 
def get_nb_params_shape(shape):
    '''
    Computes the total number of params for a given shap.
    Works for any number of shapes etc [D,F] or [W,H,C] computes D*F and W*H*C.
    '''
    nb_params = 1
    for dim in shape:
        nb_params = nb_params*int(dim)
    return nb_params